Sightings Archive

Broomhead Res/wood: Song Thrush - 1

Edge Mount: Curlew - 3 - 2 adults with at least 1 chick in hay field. ; Robin - 2 - adult feeding fledged juv. ; Great Tit - 1+ - adult feeding young in nest.

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 7 - 2 adults + 5 cygnets

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Canada Goose - c60 ; Mallard - c20 - At least 2 ducklings ; Kestrel - 1 ; Nuthatch - 5 - at least 3 juvs ; Coal Tit - 5 - at least 4 juvs

Limb Valley: Lapwing - 1 ; Mandarin - 4 - Includes at least one juvenile ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Curlew - 1

Midhope Res: Siskin - 6 ; Lapwing - 4 - Well grown juvs. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Curlew - 4 - Flew across Res from Low Moor area ; Swallow - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - 4 juvs ; Swift - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 7 - Breeding confirmed - adult pair with 5 ducklings ; Mallard - c60 - c35 ducklings ; Moorhen - 4 - Breeding confirmed- 2 adults + 2 juvs ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling from moorland fringe ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Adult pair continuously food carrying to nest ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; 320 - 1 - male ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - Pair displaying ; Greylag Goose - 65 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3 - Ad + 2 fledglings

Norfolk Bridge: Sand Martin - 10+ - Two pairs nesting in holes in railway bridge over river don

Orgreave Lakes: Sedge Warbler - 1 - calling from reeds on east side main lake. ; Little Egret - 1 - feeding around both lakes and island ; Little Egret - 1 - Second picture ; Redshank - 2 - noisy pair at the smaller lake.

Outer Edge: Canada Goose - 2 - pair and 2 goslings, at c518m. Highest area breeding record?

Peat Pits: Pheasant - 6 - female feeding with 5 large juvs in cow field.

Redmires Bottom Res: Greylag Goose - 30+ - With 20+ goslings on the water ; Whitethroat - 1

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 2 - Adult with well-grown juvenile ; Red Grouse - 2 - Adult female with very young chick

Redmires Middle Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 - 2 juveniles ; Oystercatcher - 2

Redmires Plantation: 324 - 1 - Stoat ; Dipper - 1 - In waterway near Redmires Road

Stubley Hollow: Barn Owl - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Swallow - 5 ; Swift - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 42 - 42+5 cygnet (2-3) ; Canada Goose - 102 ; Pied Wagtail - 6+ - 2 pairs feeding fledged young ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swift - C40 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 4 ; Sand Martin - 24 ; Blackcap - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; 319 - 5 ; Linnet - C40 ; Skylark - 6

Ughill Moors: Oystercatcher - 5 - adults in roadside field

Upper Derwentdale: Tree Pipit - 2 - singing males, Kings Tree-Slippery Stones ; Curlew - 3 - alarming Sandy Lee

Agden Rocher: Redstart - 3 - 3 independent juvs feeding in hawthorn scrub.

Arbourthorne: Moorhen - 6 - 1 adult 5 well grown young on pond. 12:00-13:00 ; Mallard - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - still singing ; Swift - 6 - over pond 12:40 ; Wren - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2 - 1adult 1 juv by pond

Broomhead Res: Mandarin - 10 - female with 9 small chicks.

Greystones garden: Starling - 5 - 1 Juv in observer's garden ; Great Tit - 1 - Juv ; Magpie - 3 - 1 Juv - 1st ; Woodpigeon - 1 - Juv ; Goldfinch - 2 - 1 Juv

Ramsley Moor: Pied Flycatcher - 1+ - a male feeding 2 newly fledged young ; Great Tit - 1+ - an adult feeding 3+ fledged young ; Coal Tit - 1

Redmires conduit: Hobby - 1 - at far end of conduit

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 5 - pair on Top Res with 3 newly hatched young - first ever confirmed breeding record and third attempt this spring following 2 previous failures due to rising water levels ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3